[iva] Post-doc position in Dialog systems and Social robotics at KTH

[Gabriel Skantze]

Post-doc position in Dialog systems and Social robotics

The Speech group at the department of Speech Music and Hearing at KTH
is looking for a post-doc to work in a newly funded project, lead by
Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Skantze, in collaboration with Assoc. Prof.
Christopher Peters. The project is called "Exploring situated
interaction with social robots using augmented reality". The goal of
the project is to explore how augmented reality can be used to create
virtual robots that can interact with humans. A central question will
be how social robots should engage in spoken interaction with humans
in their surroundings, and how they can adapt their conversational
behavior to the users' level of attention and engagement.

The initial task will be to set up a framework using (for example)
Microsoft HoloLens and our open source tools for conversational
systems (IrisTK). This framework will then be used to record
interaction data, and build machine learning models that can be used
to understand the user's behavior, as detected by the HoloLens
sensors. Finally, the framework will be used for controlled
experiments in which we will explore how the robot's behavior and
appearance affects the  interaction, and compare with physical robots.

The position is mainly a research position, with a small fraction of
departmental duties (e.g. teaching). This postdoctoral position is a
full-time employed position for one year with a possible one-year
extension. The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we
would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

Applicants should have a PhD degree in a subject relevant for the
research, such as computer science, speech technology, computational
linguistics, or cognitive science. The position requires good skills
in programming, machine learning, and statistical analysis. Good
command of English, in writing and speaking, is a prerequisite for
presenting research results in international periodicals and at
conferences. We also expect applicants to have a deep interest in
spoken language interaction, and to have done their PhD in a related
area.

For more information, see:
https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:158099/where:4/